diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 335be371b..08830b22c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ bower_components/*
 # Local user data (settings, database, media, search index, static files)
 personal_data/*
 openslides/static/*
+collected-static/*
 
 # Package building/IDE
 docs/_build/*
diff --git a/openslides/utils/main.py b/openslides/utils/main.py
index 2a420fa32..697837402 100644
--- a/openslides/utils/main.py
+++ b/openslides/utils/main.py
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ def write_settings(settings_path=None, template=None, **context):
         os.makedirs(settings_module)
     with open(settings_path, 'w') as settings_file:
         settings_file.write(content)
+    openslides_user_data_path = context['openslides_user_data_path'].strip("'")
+    os.makedirs(os.path.join(openslides_user_data_path, 'static'), exist_ok=True)
     return os.path.realpath(settings_path)